GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
The baking company behind Entenmann’s and Sara Lee has signed a contract to design and construct solar-powered microgrids at six California bakeries in Montebello, Placentia, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo, South San Francisco and Sacramento.
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
Deakin University researchers find a novel way to separate, store and transport huge amounts of gas safely that could be a eureka moment for green hydrogen. The post “Eureka moment” as Australian researchers make hydrogen storage breakthrough appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
The IPCC is expressing the need for urgent action on climate change and society is expecting sustainability leaders to answer the call. Corporations play an important role in helping tackle climate change in this critical decade, through emission reductions targets and ambitious net zero goals. In January 2022, NCX interviewed 250 sustainability leaders from across the United States to learn how they are approaching their programs.
Corporate Knights
JULY 14, 2022
I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. She was generous with her time and provided a wealth of insight into “ethical investing,” as responsible investing was known then. . In that crucial decade of the 1980s, Hutchinson pioneered the practice of shareholder engagement on social and environmental issues, a lifetime achievement for which she was recently appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. .
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
What's at stake is not the competitiveness of one or another individual company; it is the legitimacy and viability of capitalism in the societies where it operates.
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
ANU researchers detail 'irrefutable' flaws with Australia's carbon offset regime, as trio of Coalition appointees resign from oversight committee. The post ANU says flaws with Australia’s carbon offset “irrefutable” as Coalition appointees resign appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
Can Australia make the leap from world-leading solar research and installation rates, to a global manufacturer of scale? The post Australia plots leap from world-leading solar R&D to global solar manufacturer appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
by Fabian Heimpel. SOURCE: SAP. DESCRIPTION: SAP has continued its success by receiving 75 employer of choice awards globally after the second quarter of 2022. This includes recognition across categories that include 42 for best employer, 15 for best workplaces, six for early career talent, and 12 for equality. The first half of the year includes awards such as SAP named as a Best Place to Work in Canada, France, Germany, the U.S., and the UK, receiving the maximum five Glassdoor awards in major
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
New report from BeZero predicts that carbon removal credits could become the dominant player in global carbon markets by the end of this decade.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
SOURCE: IBM. DESCRIPTION: Recently, IBM launched IBM Impact , a new framework for the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) work that reflects how IBM aspires to create a more sustainable, equitable, and ethical future. As detailed in the 2021 ESG report, IBM Impact comprises three pillars: Environmental Impact, Equitable Impact, and Ethical Impact.
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
We asked Emerging Leaders in the space. Here are their answers.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
The paradigm shift ushered in by 6G will require innovating testing approaches that can adapt to the evolving definition of "next-next-generation." SOURCE: Keysight Technologies. DESCRIPTION: Mobile providers are accelerating their rollout of the flexible, low-latency, multi-gigabit-per-second communications network known as 5G. The technology promises to deliver not just faster data rates, but a more flexible and programmable network.
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2022
A roundup of second-quarter developments among startups in the food and agriculture industry.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
Pandemic widened persistent financial health gap between men and women; Black and Latina women and low-income women fare the worst in new findings. SOURCE: Principal Financial Group. DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO, July 14, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Financial Health Network, the nation’s authority on financial health, in partnership with the Principal ® Foundation, today released The Gender Gap in Financial Health report , exploring why women in America continue to fare worse financially than men.
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
The return of good sunshine in Queensland has helped moderate prices. But is that the only change in the market? The post Here comes the sun: Did rooftop solar save the day in Queensland? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
The Science Based Targets initiative has validated Illumina’s targets to reach Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. SOURCE: Illumina. DESCRIPTION: SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today it is among the first group of companies worldwide to receive approval of its net-zero targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
The wind component of what will be Australia's biggest hybrid renewables facility resumes production after addressing voltage and "flickering" issues. The post Port Augusta wind hub resumes production after 3-week hiatus caused by “flickering” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
With one of the largest supply chains in the IT industry, reducing upstream emissions benefits the value chain and the planet. SOURCE: HP Inc. DESCRIPTION: By James McCall, Chief Sustainability Officer. In 2021, HP announced a range of ambitious climate action targets , including a commitment to be net zero by 2040 — a full decade ahead of the Paris Agreement.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
Regeneration of native forests is a valid and desirable way to reduce emissions and generate carbon credits. But the ERF method is deeply flawed. The post Australian climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed – we can do better appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
SOURCE: Ørsted. DESCRIPTION: The energy transition must go hand-in-hand with restoring biodiversity and we are working with ecology experts to make it happen. Go to [link] to find out more. The ocean can play an important role in helping meet urgent global climate goals. We can harness this potential by restoring ocean health and marine biodiversity.
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
We have plans and cost estimates for renewables and the energy transition from AEMO and CSIRO. But how do we get the transition right? The post Webinar: The Energy Transition – Will History Repeat Itself? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
SOURCE: Ceres. DESCRIPTION: Analysis from Ceres and Clean Air Task Force benchmarking the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of more than 300 U.S. oil and gas producers finds dramatic variations between companies and basins. In the second year of this analysis, the highest emitting oil and gas companies had a methane emissions intensity nearly 23 times that of the lowest emitting companies according to the most recently available
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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.
Utiliity Dive
JULY 14, 2022
Gas and coal outages were higher than the Texas grid operator had anticipated. “The thermal fleet is not as reliable as people would have you think,” said Grid Lab Executive Director Ric O’Connell.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
SOURCE: Booster Fuels. DESCRIPTION: In light of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed climate disclosure rules, many members of the trucking industry are concerned about potential effects to business, according to a recent article from FreightWaves. In March, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a set of proposed climate disclosure rules that would require publicly traded companies to report information about climate-related risks, including a disclosure of the
Stanford Social Innovation
JULY 14, 2022
By Michelle Shevin , Aasim Shabazz & Marika Pfefferkorn. Something peculiar happened three years ago in Ramsey County, Minnesota. In a little-told tale of two grants , a progressive district attorney’s office had embarked on two externally funded and functionally separate interventions to the school-to-prison pipeline : deep community engagement (funded by a local family foundation) on the one hand, and the development of a data-driven predictive model to flag at-risk kids (funded by a
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
Unprecedented initiative in support of veteran entrepreneurs gains momentum. SOURCE: Wells Fargo. DESCRIPTION: AUSTIN, Texas, July 14, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Veteran Loan Fund announced today it has raised $15 million to support current and aspiring veteran entrepreneurs, including seed funding from Wells Fargo. The Veteran Loan Fund is a collaborative effort by a national network of Specialized Service Organizations and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) focused on providing a
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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.
Alternative Energy Mag
JULY 14, 2022
• Qcells North America Distributed Energy to provide 717.6kW of its Q.PEAK DUO XL-G10.3 modules and a 556kWh energy storage system (ESS) • Jayone Foods Inc. to offset up to 90% of its total load with over 2 million dollar-savings in utility costs over the next 20 years.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
WAVE will help BlueTriton improve and credibly report water stewardship performance. SOURCE: SCS Global Services. DESCRIPTION: MILWAUKEE, July 14, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Water Council is pleased to announce BlueTriton Brands has signed onto The Water Council’s WAVE program, becoming the first company in the beverage industry to participate. BlueTriton is a North American provider of bottled water brands including Poland Spring®, Ice Mountain® and Pure Life®.
Utiliity Dive
JULY 14, 2022
Mississippi Power Co. will offer up to $5 million a year in rebates and Entergy Mississippi will have a $10 million budget for rooftop solar rebates, of which 50% must go to low-income customers.
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: CNH Industrial Capital , the financial services division of CNH Industrial , has launched a Financial Literacy Program to educate farmers in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, company experts will train 600 farmers on topics such as Financial Literacy, Farm Mechanization, Biomass Management and State Agricultural Subsidies.
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Throughout Climate Week, a feeling of urgency on tackling the climate crisis was palpable. Yet, questions continue to linger about corporate progress. Are we truly moving the needle or are we stuck in a cycle of empty statements and a flood of reports and guidelines? In the latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Libra Edition , we use Climate Week outcomes to explore how brands can communicate progress credibly.
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